Winner of the Game Developers Choice Award for Best Debut and Best Downloadable Game, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Award for Downloadable Title of the Year, the VGA Award for Best Downloadable Game, Best Original Song, and Best Original Score, the Inside Gaming Award for Best Downloadable Game, Best Indie Game, and Best Original Score, and named by The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, TIME Magazine, USA Today, NPR, CNN, Wired, Paste Magazine, A.V. Club, IGN, TotalBiscuit, Joystiq, and dozens more as one of the best games of 2011.

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Reviews

“This game is amazing and you owe it to yourself to download it.”
9.0/10 – IGN

“The soundtrack is phenomenal, the world is breathtaking, and the narration is a brilliant new idea for gaming.”
92/100 – PC Gamer

“The entire game drips with passionate artistry from the gorgeous watercolor aesthetics to the stirring soundtrack.”
9/10 – Wired

About This Game

Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock the New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!

Key features:

Stunning hand-painted artwork in full 1080p resolution

Critically-acclaimed original music score

Hours of reactive narration delivers a deep story

Action-packed combat rewards playing with finesse

Controls custom-tailored to PC plus gamepad support

10+ unique upgradeable weapons to be used

6 powerful Bastion structures to be discovered

'New Game Plus' mode unlocked after finishing the story

Free Update: The Stranger’s Dream

Delve deeper into the Bastion experience with this free update, featuring a challenging new scenario and new ways to play. Contents include:

The Stranger’s Dream: a new fully narrated Who Knows Where sequence, bigger and tougher than the others.

Score Attack Mode: a new way to play through the story! You start at level one with all Spirits and Idols unlocked. Combat performance is rated for efficiency, and all areas are repeatable.

No-Sweat Mode: for those who just want to experience the story of Bastion, this mode provides unlimited chances to carry on from where you left off if you’re defeated.

Plus, new Steam Achievements and Leaderboards! To access the Stranger’s Dream sequence as well as Score Attack Mode, you need to have finished the game at least once. The Stranger’s Dream sequence will be available early on in your New Game Plus or Score Attack play-through.